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251.

Ratio of pressure and inertia force gives ______________ number?

A. Weber
B. Mach
C. Euler
D. Froude
Answer» D. Froude
252.

Quicksand is an example of a __________ fluid?

A. Bingham plastic
B. Dilatant
C. Newtonian
D. Pseudo plastic
Answer» C. Newtonian
253.

Purpose of relief valve in a reciprocating pump is to___________________?

A. Protect the pump against developing excessive pressure
B. Facilitate unidirectional flow of liquid
C. Reduce the discharge pressure
D. Control the rate of discharge
Answer» B. Facilitate unidirectional flow of liquid
254.

Purpose of hydraulic accumulator is to_______________?

A. Ensure intermittent supply of hydraulic pressure
B. Increase the pressure and store/ accumulate it
C. Accumulate pressure to increase force
D. Generate high pressure to operate hydraulic machines like cranes, lifts, presses etc
Answer» E.
255.

Purpose of air lift pump is to____________________?

A. Compress air
B. Lift compressed air
C. Lift water from a well by using compressed air
D. Lift air under negative pressure
Answer» D. Lift air under negative pressure
256.

______________ pumps are axial flow pumps?

A. Turbine
B. Propeller
C. Diffuser
D. None of these
Answer» C. Diffuser
257.

_____________________ pumps are a group of vacuum pumps ?

A. Hyster
B. Sump
C. Mono
D. Submerged
Answer» B. Sump
258.

Pumping of a corrosive liquid is generally preferred to be done by a ______________ pump, as it can be made of a variety of materials including plastics?

A. Piston
B. Gear
C. Positive displacement
D. Sump
Answer» C. Positive displacement
259.

Pump used for the transportation of molten sodium in a fast breader reactor is a/an __________ pump?

A. Reciprocating
B. Plunger
C. Electromagnetic
D. Gear
Answer» D. Gear
260.

_____________ pump is the most suitable device for discharging a liquid against a pressure of ≥ 1500 kgf/cm2?

A. Centrifugal
B. Piston
C. Plunger
D. Vane
Answer» D. Vane
261.

Propellers are____________________?

A. Axial flow mixers
B. Low speed impeller
C. Used for mixing liquids of high viscosity
D. Radial flow mixers
Answer» B. Low speed impeller
262.

Propeller type centrifugal pumps are most suitable for__________________?

A. High capacity at high heads
B. High capacity at low heads
C. Low capacity at high heads
D. Low capacity at low heads
Answer» C. Low capacity at high heads
263.

Priming of a centrifugal pump is done to___________________?

A. Increase the mass flow rate of fluid
B. Develop effective pressure rise by the pump
C. Avoid chances of separation inside the impeller
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
264.

Priming is needed in a ______________ pump?

A. Reciprocating
B. Gear
C. Centrifugal
D. Diaphragm
Answer» D. Diaphragm
265.

Pressure drop in packed bed for turbulent flow is given by the ______________ equation?

A. Kozeny-Carman
B. Blake-Plummer
C. Leva’s
D. Hagen-Poiseuille’s
Answer» C. Leva’s
266.

Pressure drop in a packed bed for laminar flow is given by the ______________ equation?

A. Kozeny-Carman
B. Blake-Plummer
C. Leva’s
D. Fanning friction factor
Answer» B. Blake-Plummer
267.

Pressure drop in a fluidised bed reactor is ______________ that in a similar packed bed reactor?

A. Less than
B. Greater than
C. Same as
D. None of these
Answer» C. Same as
268.

Pressure drop for turbulent fluid flow through a circular pipe is given by_________________?

A. 64/Re
B. 32μLV/gc.D2
C. 4f (L/D) (v2/2gc). ρ
D. f (L/D) (v2/2gc). ρ
Answer» D. f (L/D) (v2/2gc). ρ
269.

Pressure drop for laminar fluid flow through a circular pipe is given by__________________?

A. 4f (L/D) (v2/2gc) ρ
B. 32 (μLV/gc D2)
C. 16/NRe
D. (fLρ/D) (v2/2gc)
Answer» C. 16/NRe
270.

Pressure drop (Δp) for a fluid flowing in turbulent flow through a pipe is a function of velocity (V) as___________________?

A. V1.8
B. V-0.2
C. V2.7
D. V2
Answer» E.
271.

Pressure drag does not depend upon the_________________?

A. Roughness of surface of the body
B. Pressure of main flow only
C. Length of the body in flow direction
D. All A., B. and C.
Answer» E.
272.

Pressure co-efficient is the ratio of pressure forces to __________________________ forces?

A. Gravity
B. Inertial
C. Viscous
D. None of these
Answer» C. Viscous
273.

Pressure difference between two points in vessels, pipelines or in two different pipelines can be measured by a differential manometer. The pressure difference measured as the mm of water column in case of mercury-water, differential manometer is equal to (where, H = difference in height of mercury column in mm)?

A. H
B. 12.6 H
C. 13.6 H
D. 14.6 H
Answer» C. 13.6 H
274.

Prandtl number is a measure of the__________________?

A. Heat conduction to viscosity of a fluid
B. Cp/Cv of a fluid
C. Elastic force to pressure force in the fluid flow
D. Inertial force to elastic force in the fluid flow
Answer» B. Cp/Cv of a fluid
275.

Prandtl mixing length is___________________?

A. Applicable to laminar flow problems
B. A universal constant
C. Zero at the pipe wall
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
276.

Power requirement of fans having constant wheel diameter varies _____________ fan speed?

A. As square of
B. Directly as
C. As cube of
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
277.

Power required by a centrifugal pump is proportional to (where, D = diameter, N = r.p.m) ________________?

A. N2D3
B. ND2
C. N2D
D. N3D5
Answer» E.
278.

Power required for mixing Newtonian fluids is a function of the _________________?

A. Speed of impeller, diameter of impeller & viscosity
B. Density & viscosity of fluid only
C. Density of fluid, viscosity of fluid & impeller dia only
D. None of these
Answer» E.
279.

Power number is the ratio of____________________?

A. Drag stress to inertial stress
B. Inertial stress to drag stress
C. Inertial stress to gravitational stress
D. Gravitational stress to drag stress
Answer» B. Inertial stress to drag stress
280.

Power loss in an orificemeter is _____________ that in a Venturimeter?

A. Less than
B. Same as
C. More than
D. Data insufficient, cannot be predicted
Answer» D. Data insufficient, cannot be predicted
281.

Potential function is applicable only for __________ flow?

A. Irrotational
B. Turbulent
C. Steady
D. None of these
Answer» B. Turbulent
282.

Potential flow is the flow of______________?

A. Compressible fluids with shear
B. Compressible fluids with no shear
C. Incompressible fluids with shear
D. Incompressible fluids with no shear
Answer» E.
283.

Potential flow is characterised by the___________________?

A. Irrotational and frictionless flow
B. Irrotational and frictional flow
C. One in which dissipation of mechanical energy into heat occurs
D. Formation of eddies within the stream
Answer» B. Irrotational and frictional flow
284.

Poise is converted into stoke by ___________________?

A. Multiplying with density (gm/c.c)
B. Dividing by density (gm/c.c)
C. Multiplying with specific gravity
D. Dividing by specific gravity
Answer» C. Multiplying with specific gravity
285.

Plunger pumps are used for__________________?

A. Higher pressure
B. Slurries
C. Viscous mass
D. None of these
Answer» B. Slurries
286.

Pitot tube measures the ______________ of a fluid?

A. Pressure
B. Average velocity
C. Average flow rate
D. Point velocity
Answer» E.
287.

Pipes having diameter 14 inches or more are designated by their_________________?

A. Outside diameter
B. Inside diameter
C. Schedule number
D. None of these
Answer» B. Inside diameter
288.

Piezometric head is the sum of the ______________ heads?

A. Elevation & kinetic energy
B. Elevation & pressure
C. Kinetic energy & pressure
D. None of these
Answer» C. Kinetic energy & pressure
289.

Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to fluid flow ?

A. The ratio of average velocity to the maximum velocity for turbulent flow of Newtonian fluid in circular pipes is 0.5
B. The Newtonian fluid velocity in a circular pipe flow is maximum at the centre of the pipe
C. Navier-Stokes equation is applicable to the analysis of viscous flows
D. Hagen-Poiseuille equation is applicable to the laminar flow of Newtonian fluids
Answer» B. The Newtonian fluid velocity in a circular pipe flow is maximum at the centre of the pipe
290.

Pick out the wrong statement about a streamline ?

A. It is always parallel to the main direction of the fluid flow
B. It is a line across which there is no flow and it is equivalent to a rigid boundary
C. Streamlines intersect at isolated point of zero velocity and infinite velocity
D. The fluid lying between any two streamlines can be considered to be in isolation and the streamline spacing varies inversely as the velocity
Answer» B. It is a line across which there is no flow and it is equivalent to a rigid boundary
291.

Pick out the wrong statement about cavitation?

A. Sudden reduction of pressure in a fluid flow system caused by flow separation, vortex formation or abrupt closing of valve leads to cavitation
B. Cavitation may be caused due to boiling of liquid by decreasing the pressure resulting in formation & collapse of vapor cavities
C. Cavitation begins at higher static pressure and lower velocity in larger diameter pipelines resulting in audible noise
D. Large scale cavitation cannot damage pipeline, restrict fluid flow and damage steam turbine blades
Answer» E.
292.

Pick out the Hagen-Poiseuille‟s equation ?

A. Δp/ρ = 4f (L/D) (V2/2gc)
B. Δp = 32 (μLV/gc. D2)
C. Δp/L = 150 [(1 – ε)/ε3]. (μ.V0 2/g2cD)
D. Δp/L = 1.75 [(1 – ε)/ε3]. (ρV0 2/gcDp)
Answer» C. Δp/L = 150 [(1 – ε)/ε3]. (μ.V0 2/g2cD)
293.

Pick out the correct statement pertaining to Venturimeter ?

A. A Venturimeter with a fixed pressure drop discharges more, when the flow is vertically downward, than when the flow is vertically upward
B. The co-efficient of contraction of a Venturimeter is always unity
C. For a fixed pressure drop, the discharge of a gas through a Venturimeter is greater, when compressibility is taken into account, than when it is negle
D. None of these
Answer» E.
294.

Pick out the correct statement pertaining to the flow through a converging-diverging tube ?

A. The value of Mach number is always unity at the throat
B. No shock wave develops in the tube when the Mach number at exit is greater than unity
C. Throughout the converging portion of the tube, the density increases in the downstream direction
D. None of these
Answer» C. Throughout the converging portion of the tube, the density increases in the downstream direction
295.

Pick out the correct statement pertaining to transition/ entrance length in fluid flow ?

A. The length of entrance region of pipe, in which full development of fluid flow takes place such that velocity profile does not change downstream, is c
B. Transition length for laminar flow of Newtonian fluids in a pipe of diameter ‘d’ is equal to 0.05. D.NRe
C. Transition length for turbulent flow of Newtonian fluids in a smooth pipe of diameter ‘d’ is equal to 50 D
D. All A., B. and C.
Answer» E.
296.

Permanent pressure loss in a well designed Venturimeter is about _____________ percent of the venturi differential?

A. 1
B. 10
C. 30
D. 50
Answer» C. 30
297.

Permanent loss in a Venturimeter is about ___________ percent of the pressure drop in the upstream cone?

A. 1
B. 10
C. 40
D. 70
Answer» C. 40
298.

Path followed by water jet issuing from the bottom of a water tank will be a__________________?

A. Parabola (vertex being at the opening)
B. Hyperbola
C. Horizontal straight line
D. Zig-zag path (which is geometrically undefined)
Answer» B. Hyperbola
299.

Pascal’s law is valid, only when the fluid is_____________________?

A. Frictionless and at rest
B. At rest
C. At rest and when the frictionless fluid is in motion
D. None of these
Answer» C. At rest and when the frictionless fluid is in motion
300.

Pascal law is not applicable for a/an ________________________ fluid?

A. Accelerating frictionless
B. Static
C. Uniformly moving
D. None of these
Answer» E.